Background
Böer, Karl Wolfgang was born on March 23, 1926 in Berlin. Son of Karl and Charlotte (Gruhlke) Böer. came to the United States, 1961, naturalized, 1972.
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Karl Wolfgang Böer
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Karl Wolfgang Böer, German Physicist, educator. Achievements include patents for solid state devices and solar cells;first to measure Franz-Keldysh effect; discovered moving high-field domains in semiconductor; first proposed Bose-Einstein condensation of excitons; designed Solar One house (first house to convert solar into heat and electricity).
Education
Diploma physics summa cum laude, Humboldt U., 1949; doctor rer. national, Humboldt U., 1952; doctor rer. national habilitatus, Humboldt U., 1955.
Career
Founder, director division diel. breakdown, German Academy Science, Berlin, 1955-1961;
docent, Humboldt U., Berlin, 1955-1958;
professor, chair IVth physics department, Humboldt U., Berlin, 1958-1961;
professor physics, U. Delaware, Newark, 1962-1971;
professor physics and engineering, U. Delaware, Newark, 1971-1992;
distinguished professor physics and solar energy, U. Delaware, Newark, 1993-1994;
distinguished U. research professor, U. Delaware, Newark, since 1995;
director institute energy conversion, U. Delaware, Newark, 1972-1975;
Chairman of the Board, SES, Inc., Newark, 1972-1981;
chief scientist, SES, Inc., Newark, 1975-1985. Visiting professor New York University, 1961-1962, Stanford (California) U., 1965, Technology U., Berlin, 1966, U. NSW (Australia), 1977, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany, 1979, 86, Paul Drude Institute, Berlin, 1993. United States representative WISTA, Berlin,1995-.
Consultant in field.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Physical Society. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior), American Solar Energy Society (president 1976-1977, Abbott award 1981), International Solar Energy Society, Cosmos Club(Washington), Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Chi.
Connections
Married Renate Schröder, May 18, 1967. Children: Ralf Reinhard, Katarina Karlotta.
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